News

• 15 September 2008
  ASIA/NEPAL - “The Church is esteemed and appreciated because it is at the service of the people, especially in the area of education. About 300 people ask to be Baptized per year.” Interview with Bishop Anthony Sharma, Apostolic Vicar of Nepal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The Catholic Church in Nepal is experiencing a time of great joy: we are esteemed and appreciated because we are at the service of the people, especially in the area of education. This ...
• 15 September 2008
  VATICAN - “Oftentimes our mission has the same demands and difficulties in different areas of the globe”: Bishops’ reflections on the formation Seminar being held by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Study Seminar being held by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples is already halfway over. Participating in the Seminar are 104 Bishops recently appointed to ecclesiastic ...
• 15 September 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Walking with Saint Paul”: theme for the Diocese of Hong Kong for Mission Sunday, in the Year of Saint Paul Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – “Walking with Saint Paul” is the theme chosen by the Diocese of Hong Kong for the celebration of World Mission Sunday 2008, which this year will be celebrated on October 12, in the Xiao ...
• 13 September 2008
  Instrumentum mensis Augusti pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The Holy Father, Benedict XVI, a guest of the northern Italian town and diocese of Brixen from July 28 returned on 11 August to his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo. During this period he continued to lead the Sunday ...
• 12 September 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells Bishops of Paraguay: “It is vital to make a vast missionary effort which, placing Jesus Christ at the center of all pastoral activity, reveals to everyone the beauty and truth of His life and His message of salvation Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – “Faced with a cultural environment that seeks to marginalize God from people and from society, or that considers Him as an obstacle to the pursuit of its own happiness, it is vital t ...
• 12 September 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “In the name of God, we call for an end to the violence and that we may all join in leading our country on the path of integral construction, based on the values of justice, truth, freedom, and solidarity”: Bishops’ appeal Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – “We, the Bishops of Bolivia, as pastors that closely experience the situation of our country, along with our people, raise our voices to make an urgent call in the face of a widespread vi ...
• 12 September 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Sunday, September 14, there will be a “Procession for Peace, Life, and the Family,” featuring three outdoor Masses taking place simultaneously in three locations in Guayaquil Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – This Sunday, September 14, Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, will be a special day of prayer in Ecuador, as they prepare for the upcoming referendum scheduled to take place on September ...
• 12 September 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - Lay Franciscan missionaries “Ad gentes”: 10th anniversary of the foundation of the CemiOfs of Italia Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In just a decade, the missionary projects have grown and developed, and at the same time so has the number of lay people and families dedicated to the mission ad gentes. These are the fruits of t ...
• 12 September 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Thousands of evacuees from natural disasters and conflicts: international organizations send out an alert Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – There are over 423,000 people in Punjab and in the Northeastern Province living in drastic conditions. They are thousands of families that have had to abandon houses, properties, and source of ...
• 12 September 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Third Annual Congress for Catholic social organizations Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – “May service to those most in need, the poor and marginalized, become an opportunity to bear witness to the love of the living God.” These were the words of Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik, Pre ...
• 12 September 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Half of Catholics in the ecclesial circumscription of Xin Jie do not know the Church’s Social Doctrine Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – A study done among Catholics prior to parliamentary elections in Hong Kong shows that half of the Catholics asked do not know what the Church’s Social Doctrine is. The same percentage of n ...
• 12 September 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - MISSION AND IMMIGRATION - Palermo: It’s not about being God’s competitor, but about living in His Hands, on His Providence, His Charity, and His Mercy - a visit to Brother Biagio Conte, founder of the “Hope and Charity Mission.” (Luca De Mata writes from Spain - Part 6) Palermo (Agenzia Fides) – Palermo. Foundation of the “Hope and Charity Mission.” I’m with Brother Biagio in his tiny office where people of all nations enter and exit. It is not a chaos. Here, everybody knows wha ...
• 11 September 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Identity and communion, the root of all apostolate Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the Summer break, as 'pastoral activities' resume, we usually face important decisions regarding both the overall direction of our energies, and the specific elements to which ...
• 11 September 2008
  VATICAN - “This remains the mission of all the apostles of Christ in all times: to be fellow workers of true joy”: the Pope dedicates his catechesis at the General Audience to the apostolate of Saint Paul - Message to the French on the vigil of his apostolic journey to France Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After his encounter with the Risen Christ, on the road to Damascus, “Paul could not continue to live as he did before. Now he felt invested by the Lord with the charge to proclaim his G ...
• 11 September 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - With the prayer to Our Lady of She Shan, Chinese Catholics accompany the Holy Father on his trip to Lourdes; handcrafted wooden statue of the Blessed Mother dedicated to the Pope Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics in China do not cease to pray in spiritual communion with the Holy Father and accompany him in his intentions. During the next few days, Chinese Catholics hope to accompany the Holy ...